Paul Arnaud de Foïard

Paul Arnaud de Foïard
Born	(1921-09-09)9 September 1921 Meudon, France
Died	Nérac, France
Allegiance	France
Service/branch	French Army French Foreign Legion
Years of service	1941-1981
Rank	Général de corps d’armée
Unit	501st Combat Tank Regiment Marching Regiment of the Foreign Legion 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment Parachute Company of the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment I/1st Foreign Regiment 4th Foreign Regiment
Commands held	2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment 11th Parachute Brigade
Battles/wars	World War II First Indochina War Algerian War

Paul Marie Félix Jacques René Arnaud de Foïard (9 September 1921 – 7 August 2005) was a French Army general, he took part in World War II, First Indochina War and Algerian War.

Biography

At age 20, Paul enters into the French Resistance. Imprisoned, he manages to escape and joins the French Liberation Army. During the duration of the war, Paul serves at the corps of the fr.

Assigned as an aspirant of the 3rd battalion of fr (R.M.L.E) on April 1, 1944, Paul participates then at the disembarking of Provence then to the offensive of the 1st Army, an offensive in which he is wounded. While leading his section (platoon), in Germany, he would receive the médaille militaire in 1945.

Assigned then to the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment, Paul partakes in the Indochina campaigns where he is wounded for a second time. Made chevalier of the Legion of Honour in 1947, he volunteers to serve as section (platoon) commander in the Parachute Company of the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment in 1948.

In 1952, Paul is promoted to captain and takes command of the 2nd combat company of the I/1st Foreign Regiment at Saïda, Algeria. Following his command, he is assigned to the moral service of the Foreign Legion as editor in chief of Képi blanc in Sidi Bel Abbès. In 1955 and while heading the 5th combat company of the 4th Foreign Regiment, Paul is cited at the orders of the armed forces. Following, Paul rejoins metropole in 1957 at the Communal Depot of the Foreign Regiments.

While attending a war school, Paul reintegrates the operations bureau of the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment from 1962 to 1963. He takes command of the foreign parachute regiment in 1965 at Bou Sfer and ensures the transfer of the regiment to Calvi, Corsica in 1967.

Paul takes command of the 11th Parachute Brigade from 1975 to 1977. He leaves active duty service on September 10, 1981 with the rank of a Corps general, after having commanded for 4 years the prestigious École de guerre in Paris.

Decorations

• Grand Officer of the Légion d'honneur
• Grand Cross of the Ordre national du Mérite
• Médaille militaire (1945)
• Croix de guerre 1939-1945
• Croix de guerre des Théatres d'Opérations Exterieures
• Croix de la Valeur Militaire
• Médaille des évadés
• Croix du combattant volontaire 1939-1945
• Croix du combattant
• Médaille coloniale with "EO" clasp
• Knight of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques
• Médaille de la Jeunesse et des Sports
• Indochina Campaign commemorative medal
• North Africa Security and Order Operations Commemorative Medal with "Algérie" and "Maroc" clasps
• Bronze Star Medal (U.S.)
• Officer of the Order of Ouissam Alaouite (Morocco)

See also

• Pierre Segretain
• Pierre Jeanpierre
• Hélie de Saint Marc
• Airborne Battalions, Regiments, Companies of France
• 1st Parachute Chasseur Regiment
• 10th Parachute Division (France)
• 25th Parachute Division (France)
• 11th Parachute Division (France)
• 9th Parachute Chasseur Regiment